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Thérèse of Lisieux describes prayer as "… a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy." [1] By prayer one acknowledges God's power and goodness, and one's own neediness and dependence.
In his prayer to Apollo (Iliad, I, 445–457), Chryses, a priest of the god in Anatolia, washes his hands and lifts them prior to requesting fulfillment of his wish. He admits his lower status in relation to the god, "who set your power about Chryse and Killa the sacrosanct, who are lord in strength over Tenedos" (Iliad, I, 451–3).
Prayer may occur privately and individually (sometimes called affective prayer), [12] or collectively, shared by or led on behalf of fellow-believers of either a specific faith tradition or a broader grouping of people. [13] Prayer can be incorporated into a daily "thought life", in which one is in constant communication with a god.
The name of Jesus is at the heart of Christian prayer. All liturgical prayers conclude with the words "through our Lord Jesus Christ". The Hail Mary reaches its high point in the words "blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus". The Eastern prayer of the heart, the Jesus Prayer, says: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
Litany, in Christian worship and some forms of Jewish worship, is a form of prayer used in services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions.The word comes through Latin litania from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía), which in turn comes from λιτή (litḗ), meaning "prayer, supplication".
The phrase is used in Judaism as part of the Hallel prayers, and in Christian prayer, [3] where since the earliest times [4] it is used in various ways in liturgies, [5] especially those of the Catholic Church, the Lutheran Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church, [6] [7] the three of which use the Latin form alleluia which is based on the ...
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In the Byzantine Rite, whenever a priest is officiating, after the Lord's Prayer he intones this augmented form of the doxology, "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory: of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.", [k] and in either instance, reciter(s) of the prayer reply "Amen".